The heavy industrie nation Kambahr Debhin, ruled by a oppressive military goverment, are out for ressorces and technology. Not at last to keep the opressed people employed. So the war industries produce a impressive number of tanks and other weapons every day. But beyond the next border was an enemy with a much higher tech level, just with a need of ressorces. So the nation Kambahr Debhin is ready for war, and a win for each price.To equalize the balance of force, Kambahr Debhin has brought together all technologys it was able to steal. One of the so forged weapons are the impressive huge Rhantogg air carrier, who can extend the range of Ashok weapons enough to be a problem even for the Te´iden nation. The carrier is 348,5 Meters long, 108,3 meters wide and of a total high of 80 meters. It was made of a cell system of gas chambers who bring the lift. The holds for living room, engine, lifts and aircrafts are in the inner, where more worthy stuff is protected through the cells. The plating is of half ceramic plates with of high stiff, what protects against weak attacks and weaken more powerfull strikes like missile attacks, then the cell membrane was made of Kevla like materials and lightly damping material to take muck power from an attack. So it needs a big number of hits to bring the flying fotress down. The blimp is driven by 6 fully redundant turbines, who can little route its propulsions to navigate. Against all kinds of targets it has 17 turrets with four 47,6mm gatling and 16 100mm AA-missiles each. Against ground vehicles, unecspected big air targets and bunkers it has 6 turrets with 24 188mm-missiles and 16 AA-missiles each. In addition for a blind area it has two smaller turrets with a 22mm gatling each and two with 8 75mm-aa-missiles each. For its main job the blimp has 8 top mount turrets with 8 heavy 700mm missiles with simple warheads each. Even the Kambahr Debhin technology can´t guide a missle very precise or far, the sheer number shall compensate this disvantage. At last a stolen tech is build in, what is not fully understud till now, but results are more interesting than technology knowledge. So two turrets are placed on the brigde with a laser canon each. Even if not very powerfull, it can hit incoming missiles very precise and protect the bridge in that way. The selection of aircrafts is not done yet, couse the idea of aircrafts who can stored into a bigger vehicle is as new as it is mentioned as wierd. The whole blimp is unique, and build under extrem secrecy in an specialised shipyard in the few mountains the nation owns. When this wonder weapon come to use and if it realy can stand the futuristic armament of Te´iden nation, the future will show.

It's actually more dieselpunk, since the tech level is sort of mid-WW1/WW2, with a handful of other high-tech elements thrown in. Elements like the Spruce Moose and the helicopter are also more emblematic of the diesel era of technology.

Yeah i know...but Steampunk got this blimp-carriers also - and i always was anoyed by Steampunk(-people)....nobody has anoyed me with Dieselpunk...so i don´t had the fear to be too much of itIf this sounds wierd, than maybe i am - yes.....

sorry to horn in, but your conversation about dieselpunk is fascinating! it got me to thinking about the movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and Angelina Jolie's Air Carrier...the concept of a rotor-powered flying aircraft carrier was memorable! it was more impressive than SHIELD's version in The Avengers movie, possibly because of the time frame involved! (also interesting that both ships were commanded by a person wearing an eyepatch...but I digress...I'll stop before I get into Captain Harlock and his Arcadia )

Np.Ok, dont think ther is so much discussion I´m not such a fan of this time storys and it´s designs. Here i trie something short after second WW tech level. What is a little tricky to say, cause the world of this blimp is not evolved like ours is. Some tech is better, other was never invented. The nations are seperated through a big worldwar what leaves a world in ruins, toxic, radiation and critters. Its the first sky control/range attack idea of one of the most "solid" nations, made of new and stolen technologys. More a scenario what you find on movies like "Judge Dredd" or "Priest" - dark, dirty but with dangerous tech.

I need to read up on the M-Tec world...while the Te'iden nation may have high tech, the more I see of the Ashok, the more I like them they're more Warhammer 40K-ish than Te'iden, aren't they?

since you mention that the gas bag compartments are light armored and can absorb some damage from missiles, I take it Rhantogg uses helium? that would make for an interesting case if a penetrating hit caused a helium leak in the interior, and nearby crewmembers started to talk funny, alerting them to the damage

Oh cool, you´re interested in? Not so far from truth i think Yes, they are maybe a little kind of imperial army, if i search for similaritys. The last tank design i did for Ashok to forge a own design. As in tradition of heavy metal i used some older tank construcion ideas what carrys this feeling. so ironically i just wait for people who told me i had make a WH40K derivative-.- I had to take a look again to the Land Raider to be sure it isen´t a version of it^^

XD Not so really sure what exactly they use, and whatever they call it^^ The pic in my mind gives teh airship a hardend hull, and then chambers armored against shrappnels with some kelvlar style weave. Hmmm....makes a funny picture...for sure yes. Specially in metion that the most soldiers are between 2,2m and 2,6m tall and build like a brick XDCould damage the hard and dirty image maybe.....